Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 04, 2017

POLITICS: Manipulating division a fizzer in London's mayoral election

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Sadiq Khan studied law and worked as a human rights solicitor. He was made a partner of the law firm within a mere three years. He ran c...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

MUSIC/VIDEO: Pure class ...

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DC Lee, formerly of the Style Council. From the mid-'80's. Bookmark this on Delicious
Friday, November 19, 2010

COMMENT:So what on earth do we do with Afghanistan?

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A British Army doctor named Henry Walter Bellew wrote these words after spending a fair bit of time in Kandahar and Kabul: Now that our armi...
Monday, August 30, 2010

VIDEO: Jihadi jokers ...

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This movie looks friggin hilarious. Innit. But will our local tea party commentariate get the jokes?
Saturday, May 29, 2010

OPINION: Refugee Hysteria Suggests Aussies Have Forgotten Their Own Ancestors

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YOU can always tell when Australia has entered election mode. Suddenly the really big issues come to the fore - issues that affect the econo...
Friday, May 28, 2010

OPINION: Rising trend of fearmongering on refugees and passports ...

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Coalition rhetoric now appears to slipping back to the worst practices of the Howard era, IRFAN YUSUF writes ... Tony Abbott wasn’t exactly ...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

POLITICS/UK: BNP wants to set up a penal colony ...

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Well, it looks like Nick Griffin, the Grand Ayatollah of the British Nazi Party (BNP) wants to be a serious contender in the upcoming UK el...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

REVIEW: Ambitious cultural journey loses its way ...

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A Stranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands By Aatish Taseer Text Publishing, 323pp, $34.95 WE all inhabit the same pla...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

UK/POLITICS: My, what charming people the BNP are ...

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MP's from major British parties might be using taxpayers' money to pay for mowing their lawns or draining their moats. But when it c...
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Sunday, March 01, 2009

VIDEO/AFGHANISTAN: Secret talks between Karzai government and Taliban ...

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While Australian and NATO troops are engaged in fierce fighting against the Taliban, the US-backed Islamist government of Hamid Karzai is se...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

CRIKEY: Become the evil you wish to see defeated ...

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Mahatma Gandhi once said: "Be the change you want to see". But in George W Bush's so-called "war on terror", the ext...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

OPINION: Terror realities ...

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It's more than just a cliché - one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Or patriot. Or nationalist. The Times of L...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

MEDIA: More Kerbaj inaccuracies exposed ...

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Well, it looks like my old buddy Sheik Dicky Kerbaj is keeping up with The Times and making waves about those blasted cousin-marriers in ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

CRIKEY: British buses abandon God ...

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How’s this for religious freedom? A group of evangelicals have decided to advertise on British buses. Serious. And which divine being are...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

CRIKEY: Nick Griffin: to visa or not to visa ...

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It’s hard to know how best to approach hate-mongers seeking to grace our shores. For years, genuine free speech (as opposed to hate-speec...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

COMMENT/MEDIA: The Times of London recycles Kerbaj?

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Richard Kerbaj, formerly of The Australian and author of numerous articles displaying his Lebanese-and-Arabic-speaking skills, has now move...
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